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Grant County Council approves routine budget moves, authorizes staffing posts for pre-trial program
Summary
At its March meeting the Grant County Council approved several routine actions — including a $7,000 supplies appropriation for dispatch, personnel changes for the Area Plan office and authorization to post two positions for a new pre-trial home detention program — and voted to fill a budgeted deputy clerk slot.
The Grant County Council on March 1 approved a series of routine budget and personnel actions and authorized the county to advertise a proposed appropriation tied to a new pre-trial home detention program.
Councilors unanimously approved minutes from the Feb. 18 meeting after adding an effective date for a prior action. The council then voted to create a supply account in the general fund for Grant County Central Dispatch and appropriate $7,000 to it, a move staff said would avoid using a restricted 1222 account for routine purchases. "I would move that we approve the additional appropriation in the general fund under the communications department for supplies in the amount of $7,000 as requested," moved Mr. McCord and seconded by Mr. Scott; the voice vote carried.
The council also approved personnel actions in the Area Plan office: the executive administrative assistant post will be filled by promoting the current code enforcement secretary, the secretary role will be retitled to "permit clerk," and the resulting vacancies will be filled effective March 23. Mr. Glansancy described the plan as a promotion-from-within that preserves institutional knowledge.
Separately, the county prosecutor asked the council to reallocate line items within his budget to move about $21.38 from supplies into notary fees to cover a late claim; the council approved the transfer.
On a separate motion the council authorized the posting of two positions to staff a proposed pre-trial home detention program (a probation officer slot and a support position). The posting motion was made by Mr. McCord and seconded by Mr. Kadell; the council voted to allow posting now and to handle the appropriation after a required public advertisement.
Finally the council approved filling a budgeted second deputy clerk position, a request from Miss Harris citing short-term staffing gaps and an existing budget for the role.
What happens next: staff will publicize the appropriation that would fund the pre-trial program and return to the council for final approval after the statutorily required advertisement and any required further action.
